On Fri, 2011-07-01 at 13:53 +0200, Ingo Molnar wrote: > * Asias He <asias.hejun@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > Usermode TCP/IP can be quite cumbersome for users as things like > > > ping and ip6 won't work properly. > > > > Yes, usermode TCP/IP do have limits. But it's more cumbersome for > > user to setup bridge/nat thing with privileged networking. The > > network setup is a headache for some users. > > That group of 'some users' includes me for example. Me too. > The thing is, when i test an existing distro image there's better > things to do with my time than to figure out that year's preferred > method of configuring the network and troubleshooting it if it goes > wrong. So having zero-config networking (assuming we grow some DHCP > capability as well) would be a real plus. Yes, we want DHCP or whatever is needed for out-of-the-box distro images to enable networking in the guest. Pekka -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe kvm" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
